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WSOP Main Event Opens With Two First-Hand Busts
The Main Event at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) opened on Wednesday at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at a few minutes after noon. And for two players, the dream of winning poker's most prestigious tournament ended a few...
New Doc Spotlights Cast Who Died of Cancer After Shooting John Wayne Film Downwind of Nevada Test Site
From the time it came out through the 1990s, “The Conqueror” -- starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan -- was known as a bad choice for its cast because it was horrible movie that flopped. Since then, it’s become known as a...
FAA Partially Clears Airport at Las Vegas Spaceport for Takeoff
An airport for recreational space travel in Las Vegas just cleared the second hurdle on its voyage toward reality. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently approved some of the plans for a private airport on 240 acres of desert land that its...
UPDATE: Grisly New Details in Escort Murder at Palms in Vegas
UPDATE: The name of the escort attacked in her Palms hotel room on June 12 has been released, as well as grisly deals about the crime, which Las Vegas police are now investigating as a murder. Police told KLAS-TV/Las Vegas that Larissa...
MYSTERY SOLVED: MGM Bought $54M Sliver of Land to Expand Bellagio Retail
The mystery of why MGM Resorts paid $54 million for a 1.62-acre sliver of land dividing the Bellagio from the Cosmopolitan in 2023 has just been solved by leaked Clark County permit applications. The expansion, according to schematics first published by Casino.org’s...
Titanic NHL Draft at Vegas Sphere Boasts Celine Dion
Celine Dion helped make the 2024 NHL Draft, the first sports-related event held inside the Las Vegas Sphere, a memorable one on Friday. The Las Vegas icon, whose singing career has been sidelined by a rare and incurable neurological disease, announced the...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Megabucks Will Hit on a Casino’s Opening Night
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Dec. 11, 2023. When the Fontainebleau opens to the public at midnight on Thursday, many gamblers, probably wearing their lucky sweaters,...
End of the Line for Mirage-Treasure Island Tram on Las Vegas Strip
The free tram from The Mirage to Treasure Island has carried its final passenger. The two-car people mover now sits locked up at the front of The Mirage, part of the iconic resort's preparations to close its doors forever on July 17....
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Wolfgang’s WTPuck Next Opening, All the Pizza News You Can Eat
Wolfgang Puck is planning his next Las Vegas opening after Carama at Mandalay Bay earlier this year, and it will be the celebrity chef's first outside a casino. According to Eater Vegas, Puck will be the “sole culinary operator” at the Four...
Magician Shin Lim Crossing Las Vegas Blvd. After Mirage Vanishes
What do the Beatles and illusionist Shin Lim not have in common? Lim will still have a show on the Las Vegas Strip once The Mirage closes on July 17. The two-time “America’s Got Talent (AGT)” champ is taking his “Limitless” show...
